96 SECTION 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws

Corporate Existence and Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign company in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.

SECTION # Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Material Subsidiary,

Corporate Existence, Power and Authority. Each Borrower and Guarantor is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and in good standing in all states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the business transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder # are all within each Borrower’s and Guarantor’s corporate or limited liability company powers, # have been duly authorized, # are not in contravention of law or the terms of any Borrower’s or Guarantor’s certificate or articles of incorporation, by‑laws, or other organizational documentation, or any Material Agreement or other material undertaking to which any Borrower or Guarantor is a party or by which any Borrower or Guarantor or its property are bound and # will not result in the creation or imposition of, or require or give rise to any obligation to grant, any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon any property of any Borrower or Guarantor, except in favor of Administrative Agent. This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements to which any Borrower or Guarantor is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower and Guarantor enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

Organization, Qualification, and Corporate Power. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state of New York. Seller has full corporate power and authority and all licenses, permits, and authorizations necessary to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it.

Existence. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing, and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or conduct of its business requires such qualification and where a failure to be in good standing and so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Existence. Except as permitted by Section 6.6, preserve and keep in full force and effect, at all times, its existence.

Corporate Existence. So long as the Buyer beneficially owns any Note, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except with the prior written consent of the Buyer.

Corporate Existence. The Company shall do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to maintain, preserve and renew its corporate existence and that of the Bank and its and their rights and franchises, and comply in all material respects with all related laws applicable to the Company, the Bank or the other Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company may consummate the transactions described in [Section 9(b)] of the Subordinated Notes in accordance with the provisions of that section.

Corporate Existence. The Company will, so long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, maintain its corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except in the event of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, where the surviving or successor entity in such transaction # assumes the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the agreements and instruments entered into in connection herewith and # is a publicly traded corporation whose Common Stock is listed for trading or quotation on the Principal Market, any tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE MKT.